Alert archive / California / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Hanford, CA
NWS Hanford, CA issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1995, 5:02 PM PDT for Kern County, California. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1995, 5:02 PM PDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1995, 5:30 PM PDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hanford, CA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kern County, CA
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLAX 270004 TORLAX CAC029-270030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA 502 PM PDT MON JUN 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM PDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ...SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY AT 500 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED A TORNADO IN THE VICINITY OF EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE. NO MOVEMENT WAS REPORTED WITH THE SYSTEM...BUT THE THUNDERSTORM CELL WAS DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTH TOWARD HIGHWAY 58. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STUR DY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:25 PM PDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
CAZ005-010-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1225 PM PDT MON JUN 26 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE SIERRA NEVADA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1220 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN HANFORD...WAS INDICATING RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE TAHOE VALLEY AREA SOUTHWARD THROUGH YOSEMITE AND SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARKS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF TULARE COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF SEQUOIA PARK. CAMPERS AND HIKERS ALONG THE KERN RIVER NORTH OF ISABELLA LAKE SHOULD BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON. . THE HEAVY RAINS ON TOP OF THE MELTING SNOWPACK AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MAY CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS TO RISE RAPIDLY. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING INTO THE SIERRA NEVADA TODAY...BE PREPARED FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. BINGHAM
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:28 PM PDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
CAZ005-010-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1225 PM PDT MON JUN 26 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE SIERRA NEVADA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1220 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN HANFORD...WAS INDICATING RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE TAHOE VALLEY AREA SOUTHWARD THROUGH YOSEMITE AND SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARKS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS INDICATED IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF TULARE COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF SEQUOIA PARK. CAMPERS AND HIKERS ALONG THE KERN RIVER NORTH OF ISABELLA LAKE SHOULD BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON. . THE HEAVY RAINS ON TOP OF THE MELTING SNOWPACK AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MAY CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS TO RISE RAPIDLY. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING INTO THE SIERRA NEVADA TODAY...BE PREPARED FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. BINGHAM
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:50 PM PDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
CAZ005-010-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 350 PM PDT MON JUN 26 1995 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG THE SIERRA NEVADA... AT 345 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN HANFORD INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE TAHOE VALLEY AREA SOUTHWARD THROUGH YOSEMITE AND SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARKS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED NEAR ISABELLA LAKE...NEAR THE KERN/TULARE COUNTY LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT...AND THEY WERE DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT IN INTENSITY. THE HEAVY RAINS ON TOP OF THE MELTING SNOWPACK AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MAY CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS TO RISE RAPIDLY. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND KEEP AND EYE ON SMALL STREAMS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF SUNSET. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THUS THERE WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. BINGHAM
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:54 PM PDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
CAZ005-010-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 350 PM PDT MON JUN 26 1995 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG THE SIERRA NEVADA... AT 345 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN HANFORD INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE TAHOE VALLEY AREA SOUTHWARD THROUGH YOSEMITE AND SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARKS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED NEAR ISABELLA LAKE...NEAR THE KERN/TULARE COUNTY LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT...AND THEY WERE DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT IN INTENSITY. THE HEAVY RAINS ON TOP OF THE MELTING SNOWPACK AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MAY CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS TO RISE RAPIDLY. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND KEEP AND EYE ON SMALL STREAMS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF SUNSET. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THUS THERE WILL BE A CDONTINUATION OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. BINGHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hanford, CA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:36 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kern | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 6:29 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HNX | Kern | 61 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.